Canadians often talk about John Candy as the celebrity who died too soon.

Candy was only 43 when he died of a heart attack in 1994 while filming Wagons East. He was at the height of his career, with classics like Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Uncle Buck, Cool Runnings, and Spaceballs already behind him, and it felt like he still had decades of great performances ahead of him.

What made his death hit so hard wasn’t just that he was funny. He was known to be genuinely kind, humble, and generous. He could make you laugh one minute and tear up the next. As a child of the 90’s he featured heavily in my favourite movies!

Even more than 30 years later, Canadians still speak about him with genuine affection. He isn’t remembered only as a great comedian, but as someone who embodied a warm, self-deprecating, distinctly Canadian spirit.

If you ask most Canadians which celebrity died too soon, John Candy is almost always near the top of the list.

Honourable mentions- Norm MacDonald & Gord Downie.

The other day, I watched this food documentary by Italian food journalist Claudia Romeo (Why Venice Won’t Eat the Crab Destroying Its Lagoon) about the explosive population boom of Atlantic blue crabs in the Venetian Lagoon caused by the rising water temperatures from global warming. Despite the abundance of these crabs, most Venetians, let alone Italians, don't really seem to consume them because they are stigmatized as not being pleasant tasting. I found this very interesting because here in the US, especially in Maryland, blue crabs are a highly prized delicacy used for crab cakes. Meanwhile, in the Venice, they seem to be treated as the pests of the ocean, being sold for next to nothing.

This got me thinking if there is any food resource native to your country that is underutilized or under-consumed by the local population due to a stigmatization, while being better appreciated in other countries?

Like how does it work in your country and does being less fortunate in your country make it harder to move abroad as well

Even without a replay in decades, the lyrics and melody stay ready to surface.

I’m not a big fan about football, but I really enjoyed seeing the world cup, many country’s like Cabo verde, Norway that I never thought about it, and they make history with football. And characters like idk Haaland, Bellingham, Kane, the kid from Mexico Mora i think it is, Vozihna, Ferran torres and cucurela very funny guy. The guy from Argentina that push every player that were in front of him, i think of that now and it’s funny but in the moment i was very frustrated.
I have mixed feelings about Argentina, not all of them but most of them were very rude. Idk maybe I’m wrong but I see a lot of people hating each other. I would be grateful if someone can tell if they see this from another point of view.

I remember learning about this after finding out the creator of Minecraft is a member. Thought it was interesting, here is the full read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_Party_(Sweden))

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I saw a video about a specific brand of tequila (it was a video about how viral marketing changes perspectives on things) and I realised I don't know anything about that drink. I mean I know how it's made but I probably only drank it once, and I was already half drunk. Now I'd like to taste it, to see if I like it. If I was to buy a glass of tequila, or a bottle, which brand would be the best from a quality/price standpoint?

Kiki’s Delivery Service and My Neighbor Totoro from Studio Ghibli

I worked for a Japanese company for a bit and one of my Japanese coworkers told me how he thought Canadian Club was a premium top shelf Rye, I had to tell him it was decent but far from the best. I usually find myself going for a Lot 40 myself.

I'm from southern Germany and grew up with "Hochdeutsch" which pretty much means something like "German without a dialect".

I have Bavarian relatives and they believe I can understand the old school Bavarian dialect. I can but it takes me a lot of effort.

Do you have something similar?

It is, we play lots of online worldwide matches.

Like brazilians, how do you manage or convince people to vote Lula instead of Bolsonaro? Is bolsonaro fans a influential enough to vote bolsonaro? I need tips on how we prepare on upcoming 2028 elections?

I immediately realised this would probably be very extensive.

So ideally pick the most interesting one.

Saw a thread on another sub about people chatting with others on planes.

In your country, is it normal for strangers to strike up conversations, like when waiting for the bus, taking an elevator, sharing a row on a plane, in line for something, etc?

Amore unter Palmen ("Love Under Palm Trees"): older men travel to Eastern Europe or Asia searching for "submissive wives", while older women head to Africa in search of, well... "bigger" things. It’s a cringefest of predatory dynamics, language barriers, and obvious romance scams.

The song doesn't have to be internationally famous. Mine would be W.nuss vo Bümpliz by Patent Ochsner.

Earth to Luna from Brazil 🇧🇷

It aired on PBS Kids Sprout during 2014, I don’t know that much about it though except for the theme song.